Stop-motion for ribbon-quillers



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7 W. "H. SHARP. STOP MOTION FOR RIBBON QUILLERS. No. 548,232.- Patented Oct. 22, 1 895.

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YVILLIAM HENRY SHARP, F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

STOP-MOTION Fo RlBBON -QUILLERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,232, datedOctober 22, 1895.

Application filed October 30, 1894:- Serial No. 527,420- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY SHARP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stop-Motions for Ribbon-Quillers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in stop-motions for ribbon-quillers; and it consists in a suitable support upon which a partia1ly-revolving shaft carrying weighted arms is journaled,a quill-shaft provided with a friction-wheel for revolving it and journaled in the outer ends of the weighted arms, and a driving-shaft provided with a driving-wheel, combined with a slotted plate, an endwisemoving spring-actuated plate provided with 'a lug and a raised or curved end to catch under the friction-wheel and raise it, and a weighted arm pivoted upon the slotted plate, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide an automatic mechanism for stopping the movement of the quill as soon as it becomes filled.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improvement attached to an ordinary ribbon-quilling machine, which machine is shown partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a reverse side elevation of the stop-motion device, and showing in dotted lines the relative position of the sliding-plate finger attached to the weighted arm or lever when the quill is filled with silk ready tobe removed from the axle.

In said drawings, a represents the table of an ordinary ribbon-quilling machine having a horizontal rod b running the Whole length of said table and held in place by bearings c. On this horizontal rod b are secured arms 02 and d, which can be moved laterally on said rod by removing the nut or set-screws (1 The ends of these arms 01 and d are weighted, as at d so as to hold the wheel e, having its axle e entering the inner side of said arms upon the circumference of the main driving-wheel 0 when in operation or resting on the raised portion of the sliding plate when the quill is being inserted or removed.

The quill f is placed on the axle e of the wheel e and rests lightly upon the finger g, fastened to the weighted arm or lever h, fulcrumed on the stationary plate j, as at h. Said sliding plate is is fastened to the stationary plate j by having lugs k and 10 passing through slotsj andj of the stationary plate j, and said plates j and k are held together by pins m and npassing through thelugs is and 10 A post 10 is secured to the sliding plate is to serve for a finger to push said sliding plate into its position, the lug k of the sliding plate is having a countersunk shoulder 10 for holding said sliding plate from engaging the under surface of said wheel e by the weighted part h of the arm or lever it resting on said countersunk shoulder while the quill is being filled with silk. One end of the sliding plate It; is raised, as at 10 so as to engage the under surface of said wheel e when the quill f is entirely filled with silk.

The wheel e rests on the circumference of the main driving-wheel 0 of the machine by the weighted arms d and said wheel 0 is given a high rate of speed from the main drivingshaft 0'.

In operating a quilling-machine with my invention attached the raised end 10 of the sliding plate It is first thrown into its forward position, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. The operator then places the axle e containing the wheel e and the empty quillfin the holes on the inner sides of the Weighted arms 01 by resting the wheel 6 upon the raised end of the sliding plate. The operator then pushes on the finger-piece k fastened to the sliding plate, toward the table, thereby releasing said wheel e from the sliding plate and bringing the same upon the circumference of main driving-wheel 0, where it receives its rotation. The sliding plate is kept from again engaging with said wheel by the Weighted arm or lever h, having entered the shoulder 10 on the lug is, secured to the sliding plate. The quill then rests on the finger g of the arm or lever h, and while said quill is being filled the finger will gradually depress said arm or lever until the required amount of silk is wound on said quill, when the said weighted part 71? of the arm or lever It will be out of engagement of said shoulder 10 of the lug 7c, and by the action of the coiled spring 7, secured to one end of the sliding plate 7a and stationary plate j, as at 1" and r will draw the said sliding plate forward, thereby bringing the rotation of said wheel e containing the filled quill to a stop and the operator can remove said quill and repeat the operation.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact construction shown, as various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In a quilling machine, a suitable table or support, a rod or shaft jonrnaled thereon, Weighted arms secured to the rod or shaft, and adapted to be turned up when the quill is full; the quillshaft e journaled in the outer ends of the weighted arms, and provided with a friction Wheel for revolving it; the shaft 0', and the driving wheel 0, secured thereto; comvbined with the stationary slotted plate, an

endwise moving spring actuated plate provided with a shouldered lug to extend through the slot in the slotted plate, and which endwise moving plate has a raised or curved end to catch under and raise the friction wheel out of contact with its driving wheel; and a weighted arm, pivoted upon the slotted plate, and having one end adapted to bear against the quill and the other adapted to catch against the shouldered lug, substantially as 

